"Accidental" Download Sending 22-Year-Old Man To Prison

[wraggster]

Two years ago, Matthew White searched Limewire for porn. He was looking for 'College Girls Gone Wild,' but ended up downloading some images of child pornography. This was accidental, according to White, and he quickly deleted the images. A year later, the FBI showed up on his family's doorstep and asked to search the computer. After thorough sleuthing, the FBI found some images 'deep within the hard drive.' According to White, the investigators agreed that he himself could not have accessed the files anymore. Matthew now faces 20 years in jail for possession of child pornography. On advice from his lawyer, he intends to plead guilty so that he will 'hopefully' end up with 3.5 years in jail, 10 years probation and a registration as a sex offender. 'The FBI could not comment on this specific case, but said if child pornography is ever downloaded accidentally, the user needs to call authorities immediately. They may confiscate your computer, but it's better than the alternative


http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/05/1511258/Accidental-Download-Sending-22-Year-Old-Man-To-Prison

[VampDude]

Limewire is full of child pornography, often disguised as something else, with another file extension. I used to download MP3's from LimeWire, but ended up with a load of porn links (before learning of using Google to look into indexes).

One thing I dislike on the internet, if you download a FREEWARE title, sometimes you are asked if you want to add something to your browser, but sometimes you aren't asked and it's part of the install (without consulting the user). So then you have a dodgy browser add-on lurking unknown on your PC, which alters your search results and/or directs you somewhere else altogether. I wonder if those types of things are taken into consideration? Or if the person who just so happens to be directed to the wrong site is automatically guilty for the brief second before clicking out?

[mike_jmg]

I hate those add-ons too, they kept coming even If I updated firefox, they found a way to crawl back into my computer, making it slow as hell.

my only solution was switching to the buggy beta of Firefox 3.6, wich has no addons whatsoever since it hasn't even been released :thumbup: LOL